Do you have a career path? Do you know exactly what you want in terms of your career? Do you know what you’ll be best suited to?

All of these questions need answering if you want a happy and fruitful career. You spend a great proportion of your life at work so it pays to choose and manage your career wisely!

In this textbook you will work through a series of exercises and content so that you will be able to plan and map out a rewarding career for yourself.

Do you have a career path? Do you know exactly what you want in terms of your career? Do you know what you’ll be best suited to?

All of these questions need answering if you want a happy and fruitful career. You spend a great proportion of your life at work so it pays to choose and manage your career wisely!

In this textbook you will work through a series of exercises and content so that you will be able to plan and map out a rewarding career for yourself.

Sean McPheat, the Founder and Managing Director of management development specialists, MTD Training is the author of this publication. Sean has been featured on CNN, BBC, ITV, on numerous radio stations and has contributed to many newspapers. He’s been featured in over 250 different publications as a thought leader within the management development and training industry.

MTD has been working with a wide variety of clients (both large and small) in the UK and internationally for several years.

MTD provide a wide range of management training courses and programmes that enable new and experienced managers to maximise their potential by gaining or refining their management and leadership skills.

Our team of highly skilled and experienced trainers and consultants have all had distinguished careers in senior management roles and bring with them a wealth of practical experience to each course. At MTD Training we will design and deliver a solution that suits your specific needs addressing the issues and requirements from your training brief that best fits your culture, learning style and ways of working.

Our programmes are delivered when and where you need them! We believe that training should be fun, highly interactive and provide “real world” practical techniques and methods that you can use back in the office – and that’s exactly what we provide.

Introduction

Your Career Is in Your Control

Your Interests and Passions

Identifying Our Strengths and Weaknesses

Enhancing Your Skills

Job-Search Skills

Determining Your Interests and Passions

Introduction

Exercise One

Exercise Two

Identifying Your Strengths and Weaknesses

Introduction

Identifying What a Job Requires

Identifying General Strengths and Weaknesses

Getting Feedback from Others

Communication Skills

The Importance of Communication

What Is Communication?

What Are Communication Skills?

The Communication Process

Elements of Communication

Face to Face Communication

Listening Skills

Personal Confidence

Introduction

Self-Confidence

Self-Esteem

Self-Efficacy

Motivation

Introduction

Addressing Lack of Confidence

Addressing Lack of Focus

Addressing Lack of Direction

Building Self-Discipline

Goal Setting

Emotional Intelligence (EI)

Introduction

Mixed Model of EI

Job-Seeking Skills

Introduction

Your Resume

Networking

Interview Skills

References

Helen P. Barajas

I was able to grasp the content well because of the organized presentation. It has enumerated both internal and external factors that affect ones career path.